So you know, wax on, wax off probably ain't going to save you at the Psyche-Tai, folks.

You got to up your game. And the good news is that's exactly what today's showrunners did.

Howdy, I'm Jeff Goldsmith, and this is the Q&A. My agenda is simple. Each week I plan to bring

you in-depth insight into the creative process of storytelling. And folks, I am pleased to have

with me today the showrunners

of Cobra Kai, Josh Heald, John Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg, and they guided us through

the second batch of five episodes, which comprised the season six finale, which is a total of 15

episodes. So today we are going to discuss episodes six through

10. And you know, this was a really fun episode because often in act two, if you think of their

season finale of 15 episodes split up in three parts as three separate acts, often in act two

that's sometimes where things can become sluggish if you're not careful. And luckily,

the showrunners avoided this and made a really intriguing and quite exciting second act for their

three-act finale. Honestly, there was so much to track that we barely got through at this episode,

but I'm glad we did because I was able to gain insight into some pressing questions,

and the showrunners were very forthcoming about their creative process,

so I know you'll dig this episode.

And speaking of things to dig, I hope you check out Backstory Magazine.

We turned 12 this year, and we couldn't have done it without you.

And folks, we are publishing issue 54.

It is our Gladiator 2 issue. There's a lot of cool things going on in this issue. We interview the editors, the cinematographer, one of the actors, and yes, even the screenwriter.

We wanted to get deep into our coverage of Gladiator 2, so these are spoilers-specific interviews for people that have seen the film that we had to wait to drop until the embargo

had lifted and it has lifted. So we are publishing this week. If you've never read us before,

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